Hope everyone had a great spring break, I know I did!
Now its back to work! These days I am mainly working with the housing department at the bureau because it is super under staffed! It has been a really long time since they have had this many groups opening up at once, and they arent properly staffed for how much there is to do. So busy is an understatement!
Last week I was out for 3 days for my vacation and when I came back on Thursday, I had a mess to clean up! One of our groups I am pretty much working on by myself and so while I was on vacation they tried their hardest to keep up with the group.
This week, we had ADEA's conference begin and so I attended their pre-con meeting which is always one of my favorite things to do as an intern. I like meeting with all sides of the conventions and see what other avenues are out there. On top of having one group here, we have 2 groups shutting down (which is always busy with last minute registrations and what not) and they will be here at the end of March, beginning of April.
With the economy as it is, the GPCVB housing department didnt have it in their budget to hire on a replacement for a girl who went back to school in January, which she was great and a huge help; major part in why we are so busy. So after my internship I may stay on part time through May so that they arent left with only 1 person working in the department. Way to much work for one person to handle!
Hope everyone is having luck putting appliactions out there, we are getting so close!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Back in work mode...
Last week I had a nice mini vacation, and now I am back in the office picking up where I left off.
The past few weeks have been pretty crazy! Our team has had to dedicate a lot of time to fixing some issues will hotel rates that went unnoiticed for 2 months! This was a great experience to get to help solve the problem with my team, although it was a pricey mistake that took 2 weeks to fix.
On to a great note, if you havent heard WWE is holding an international event at the University of Phoenix Stadium in 2010, thanks to the GPCVB. Our team is heading over to the press conference this afternoon.
As for the rest of this week, I have a few site visits and pre-con meetings to attend...which I actually really enjoy!
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." —Marilyn Monroe
The past few weeks have been pretty crazy! Our team has had to dedicate a lot of time to fixing some issues will hotel rates that went unnoiticed for 2 months! This was a great experience to get to help solve the problem with my team, although it was a pricey mistake that took 2 weeks to fix.
On to a great note, if you havent heard WWE is holding an international event at the University of Phoenix Stadium in 2010, thanks to the GPCVB. Our team is heading over to the press conference this afternoon.
As for the rest of this week, I have a few site visits and pre-con meetings to attend...which I actually really enjoy!
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." —Marilyn Monroe
Monday, February 9, 2009
It already been a month?
The time has been passing by so quickley, cant believe it's the start of week 5!
Last week was very busy, as usual. I have come across my first complication- an event coordinator I'm working with for her upcoming conference for March did not block off enough shoulder dates for her attendees. Normally the hotel would be able to provide us with more rooms but this conference is scheduled at the same time as another convention and there arent anymore rooms to give. After much diliberation we were able to add on another hotel and fix the mess, thankfully!
This week is filled with meetings! Tomorrow is by far the busiest day for me, I have a presentation and then our office is getting together to head over to the capitol. For those of you who may not know, the Arizona Office of Tourism was being considered to have a budget cut by the state. After countless amounts of letters poured into our senators and legislators, the AOT was lucky enough to survive without any cuts to their department. So we are all heading over to thank our representatives!!
A new project I am working on is setting up a registration website for an incoming social event. This is new to me so I can't wait to see the finished product!
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
Last week was very busy, as usual. I have come across my first complication- an event coordinator I'm working with for her upcoming conference for March did not block off enough shoulder dates for her attendees. Normally the hotel would be able to provide us with more rooms but this conference is scheduled at the same time as another convention and there arent anymore rooms to give. After much diliberation we were able to add on another hotel and fix the mess, thankfully!
This week is filled with meetings! Tomorrow is by far the busiest day for me, I have a presentation and then our office is getting together to head over to the capitol. For those of you who may not know, the Arizona Office of Tourism was being considered to have a budget cut by the state. After countless amounts of letters poured into our senators and legislators, the AOT was lucky enough to survive without any cuts to their department. So we are all heading over to thank our representatives!!
A new project I am working on is setting up a registration website for an incoming social event. This is new to me so I can't wait to see the finished product!
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Warming Up...
Hello again!
I am in the middle of my fourth week here at the GPCVB and I am really starting to get in to a routine. But last week was pretty crazy with all that I have to work on and the excitment in the office for the big game this past Sunday. We celebrated Friday with a big luncheon feast cooked by our CEO's wife and Honey Baked Ham... lucky us!
We finally closed on my first housing assignment, the SC Del Sol Presidents Day Soccer Tournament, which was pretty relieving. Teams from all over the country as well as some international teams are participating in this big event. We had over 35 hotels just for this tournament!
We started on our next big conference, the VFW annual convention and for only being open 3 business days we have received hundreds of reservation forms. So for now I am busy adding this reservations into their hotel blocks. On Friday we are meeting with the event coordinator for the VFW to go over the final paperwork.
I have a feeling February will be gone before I know it...
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." - Thomas Jefferson
I am in the middle of my fourth week here at the GPCVB and I am really starting to get in to a routine. But last week was pretty crazy with all that I have to work on and the excitment in the office for the big game this past Sunday. We celebrated Friday with a big luncheon feast cooked by our CEO's wife and Honey Baked Ham... lucky us!
We finally closed on my first housing assignment, the SC Del Sol Presidents Day Soccer Tournament, which was pretty relieving. Teams from all over the country as well as some international teams are participating in this big event. We had over 35 hotels just for this tournament!
We started on our next big conference, the VFW annual convention and for only being open 3 business days we have received hundreds of reservation forms. So for now I am busy adding this reservations into their hotel blocks. On Friday we are meeting with the event coordinator for the VFW to go over the final paperwork.
I have a feeling February will be gone before I know it...
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." - Thomas Jefferson
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Multi-tasking...
Hi everyone, hope all of your internships are going great and that your learning a lot from them!! I have been at the Greater Phoenix CVB for about 2 weeks now and I absolutley love it! Everyone is so welcoming and helpful. I have been so busy since day 1.
During my first week at the CVB I got to attend my very first pre-con meeting for the Mary Kay convention that is being held at the Phoenix Convention Center with Karla Vogtman, a TDM graduate! It was really interesting to finally attend one and see all that conventions really entail.
I am currently working on 4 different conventions at the moment, so multi tasking is definitley something that I am becoming very good at. Also, from working here at the CVB I have begun to become a more confident public speaker through all the meetings and phone calls that I have had.
Everyday just seems to fly by with all the work that I have going on, but I'm so lucky to have other TDM 463 students working with me (Nikki and Alexis). They help me stay on top of my game :P
Cant wait to see what this internship can teach me!
"The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear." - Socrates
During my first week at the CVB I got to attend my very first pre-con meeting for the Mary Kay convention that is being held at the Phoenix Convention Center with Karla Vogtman, a TDM graduate! It was really interesting to finally attend one and see all that conventions really entail.
I am currently working on 4 different conventions at the moment, so multi tasking is definitley something that I am becoming very good at. Also, from working here at the CVB I have begun to become a more confident public speaker through all the meetings and phone calls that I have had.
Everyday just seems to fly by with all the work that I have going on, but I'm so lucky to have other TDM 463 students working with me (Nikki and Alexis). They help me stay on top of my game :P
Cant wait to see what this internship can teach me!
"The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear." - Socrates
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)